Cutest Baby contest seeks submissions

Thursday

Dec 27, 2012 at 12:06 PMDec 27, 2012 at 12:10 PM

Everyone loves a cute, cuddly baby and we want readers to share theirs in the Heller Motors Cutest Baby Contest, with supporting sponsors Wrights Furniture, the Pontiac Daily Leader and the Fairbury Blade for a chance to win prizes from local businesses. The public will be voting for the cutest baby beginning Jan. 15.Beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, entries may be submitted online by going to pontiacdailyleader.com/cutestbaby. There is a $10 entry fee per baby, with $3 of each entry going to the Caring Pregnancy Center of Pontiac. There will also be a keepsake section with all of the entries published Jan. 19 by the Pontiac Daily Leader and Jan. 23 by the Fairbury Blade.Entries will be accepted online through 9 p.m. Jan. 14.Pontiac businesses awarding prizes include Lydia’s Cup, Casey’s General Store, Joe’s Stationhouse Pizza and Pontiac Massage.Contest rules include (see website for complete rules): The baby in the photo must be under the age of 24 months as of Jan. 31, 2013; professional photos may be submitted; there is no limit to the number of entries someone may submit; photo must be of the baby only; all babies must be wearing a minimum of a full coverage diaper in the photo; and photos may be in natural color or black and white.Submissions will appear on the Pontiac Daily Leaders’ website at www.pontiacdailyleader.com beginning Jan. 15. The public can view the photos and vote beginning at 8 a.m. that day. Voting ends at 9 p.m. Jan 29. Voters are limited to 10 votes per day, per entry. No more than five voters may be registered from the same residential computer IP address. At the end of the voting period, the photo receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the winning photo. Several top places will receive prizes.Winners will be announced the week of Jan. 30 through Feb. 5.